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On one square, which hopefully will be saved one day, Hanoi Restaurant is known to residents of the Gambetta district, college students Vauban or used to Oxbridge pub. All of them appreciate its fine Asian cuisine and in the evening it is not uncommon to find the world in the room around 23 h. Special mention for the decoration of the places, very evocative of a mythical Asia with this heavy plafond ceiling, these old lacquers at the walls, these soft and stylized luminaires… On the plate, the journey continues. The traditional plates at 7,50 €, at midday, are moult in the evening menus. Whether you are amateur of the classic bun bo (full bowl with nems, of, rice, salad, soy), thaie salads, chicken or whole monkfish cooked with ginger ginger and ginger, or even crustaceans to tangy sour sour sauce, each finds its formula in this very good Vietnamese restaurant… neighborhood. 

If we count it, in Nîmes, there are as many restaurants closing as there are new ones opening. And then there are those who are looking to expand, those who find a location commensurate with their success. This is the case with Basilik, whose balanced lunch formulas have hit the mark! So we needed another bigger room and a real terrace for this alterno snack bar. At Basilik 2, the great novelty is also steam cooking and the Thai-inspired quick-cooking basket (chicken, Chinese cabbage, carrot, ginger, soya). The first small salad bowl remains open. You can have lunch with soup, Asian salad, Nordic sandwich (wrasp). The concern for dietetics, freshness and taste is constant. Everything is homemade with market products, often organic. Exotic ingredients (Chinese cabbage, quinoa, pink lentils, crushed peanuts, soy sauce, sesame seeds, etc.) give the usual salads a change. Always accompanied by a slice of wholemeal bread, the preparations are served in biodegradable packaging.

The house Avignon, one of the most beautiful of the old Sommières for its magnificent extremadura and its magnificent staircase of stairs by illustrious characters, houses a restaurant brasserie pizzeria. The new owners made the choice to mix in vintage, industrial furniture, like its chairs in formica to the advertising files of the 50 s or this magnificent bar of a métallier. In the entrance, the Black Chesterfield lounge flanked by two white pea chairs will allow you to wait for your guests or sip your aperitif. The Brasserie offers superb steaks unless you prefer a beautiful pizza. Let's hope that this establishment will experience a great success with Jérôme's hands.

For the last three years, the restaurant Délices of the 7 Hills has well equipped its buffet idea. At lunchtime or in the evening, you choose your formula, then you are placed by one of the servers of the friendly team headed by Thuthuy Dag. Then, free to discover the cooked dishes, presented in an attractive way in stainless steel tanks. You are allowed to serve several times. Success requires, it is often full, but the room is great. Just like in a chic, exotic business canteen, you'll find yourself in the buffet and you'll find indications on the dishes. Entries (green papaya salad, nems, spring rolls, ravioli), dishes (tonkinoise, painted duck, almond chicken, bo beef bun), rice, noodles, fried vegetables and desserts… everything is good! With an air to come back!

On this Place square, which opens like a theatre on General-Citéa Street, the restaurants are side by side and maintain good quality. Close to the shops. In any case, for Olivier Gerber, the likeable boss of Délicafé, it is obvious: all basic ingredients come from the covered market: meat from Lozere, seasonal vegetables, cheeses. Different formulas: unique dishes (veal or turkey steak, chopped steak, beef tartar, often accompanied by skipped potatoes - not frozen!) but also original salted pies and large gourmet salads (homemade specialty), recipes of vegetables, haddock with Parmesan, haddock of a green salad, all for a simple meal that keeps the body. A small neighbourhood bistro, where it is very pleasant as soon as it is nice breakfast on the terrace. In the summer, the place is especially animated for Thursdays of Nîmes. The délicafé is then open in the evening.

Over the years, the Galion remains a good address! As a good fox, we sat on the terrace of Galion, which we were told the greatest good. Of course, we are well placed on the small terrace above the canal, but we will recommend you to settle on the bottom, if possible, because the aisles and coming from the pier are not very pleasant for the one who wants to take a quiet dinner. Moreover, you won't be enjoying a slightly oppressed wait for all those who queue to come and taste the specialities of this restaurant, which found its fans. The specialties of the house are, of course, bouillabaisse (served only for two people), shells, including peel plates, fresh fish grilled. Oysters, shrimp, mussels, almonds, clams, snails and langoustines are at the menu, fresh, fragrant and tasty. But carnivores will be able to enjoy a generous map. So if you are in the queue of those who patientent and wait their turn, do not despair, your expectation will not be vain.

O 2 l or O Two there is according to… But finally, what matters is that this bar-restaurant, unique in the nîmois landscape, develops a refreshing concept. On the restaurant side, the kitchen is traditional, even if a hint of molecular experiments gives it a touch of originality. There is a tuna tartar and a citronné lawyer; from a crispy soy sauce sauce and sesame or menus where surprises and flavours quickly scroll. As a bistro side, there is also no doubt: one can offer a sip of oxygen, as you will have a coffee to recharge the batteries!

The owners had the Little Italy (rue Emile-Never) before opening, in 2010, this Italian restaurant in a larger and more warm room, made of mountain wood. Authentic accents of the Mezzogiorno with Antonio, the cook. Antipasti with roasted vegetables, aubergines alla parmigiana, melting melting and tender tender, ham and cream steak, all the classics of the peninsula are present on the map; The pizzas are one of the best in Nîmes and the desserts are generous. Josephina Andalusia is smiling in the service, leaving a very positive overall impression for this Italian restaurant.

Next to the Pagoda Fountain and the covered market, La Rock is a canteen in the middle of the day, a restaurant as they love them without chichi or claim, which satisfies the busy people, those who are lazy to prepare for eating or those who have already exploded their holiday budget. Here you find good and cheap, and feel like at home. Some will say that it's not a restaurant and they'll be right, because Rock is more than that, it's a local popular institution, as it still does. For the price you will be asked on the table to the good simple a salad bowl full of fresh green salad and its home dressing, whole bowl, sausages of the corner or a slice of leg of lamb, fries, not always house but good and grasses, a dessert or a piece of cheese. The staff were very friendly and helpful. So of course, you shouldn't expect to eat "gastronomic" at that price. But the whole remains very honest, with this vintage touch of Proust's Madeleine. Like these pot ice cream that seems straight away from school meals. But as you say, we don't ask a Renault 4 L to ride like a Jaguar. At this ridiculous price, we also have a right to the terrace! But hang up because the victim of his success never always!